†Stylogaster grimaldii Rocha et al. 2015 (thick-headed fly)
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Full reference: L. S. G. Rocha, T. O. Burt, C. A. Mello-Patiu and J. H. Skevington. 2015. The first Stylogaster Macquart, 1835 (Diptera: Conopidae) fossil, from Oligo-Miocene Dominican amber, and some phylogenetic and biogeographic considerations. Fossil Record 18:119-125
Belongs to Stylogaster according to L. S. G. Rocha et al. 2015
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: AMNH DR-15-411, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is Dominican amber (AMNH coll), which is in a Burdigalian/Langhian terrestrial amber in the Dominican Republic.
Ecology:
Distribution: found only at Dominican amber (AMNH coll)
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